Parent taxon: Angiospermae according to R. A. Christopher 1979
Sister taxa: Aachenoxylon, Acer florigerum, Aceriphyllum, Achaenites, Actinidiophyllum, Aesculiphyllum, Afropollis, Amborellales, Ameghinoites, Ancoraecarpon, Anthites, Appomatoxia, Araliophyllum, Araliphyllum, Archaefructaceae, Aulacoxylon, Austrobaileyales, Berendtia, Bresciphyllum, Cantia, Carolites, Carpantholithes, Carpiniphyllum, Carpolithus, Cedrelospermites, Chondrophyton, Cinnamomiphyllum, Complexiopollis, Coronicutis, Corylocarpinus, Costicutis, Cucubalites, Dejaxpollenites, Dicotyledoneae, Dieune, Dodonaeaecarpum, Eorhiza, Ettingshausenia, Euanthus, Evodioxylon, Finiversicutis, Flabellicula, Globocarpon, Glossocarpellites, Hamamelidoxylon, Hesperidophyllum, Intuticutis, Involucrum, Jordania, Juglandiphyllum, Lagenella, Lagenoidea, Lamids, Lappacarpus, Lausaticutis, Leyrida, Limnophyllum, Magnoliids, Mastixiaceae, Mesangiosperms, Monocarpellites, Monocotyledoneae, Montsechia, Montsechites, Morophyllum, Mulleroxylon, Naiadaceae, Nymphaeales, Ochthodocaryon, Oculopollis, Ornoxylon, Palackya, Pandanophyllum, Papillopollis, Paraalnipollenites, Pataloxylon, Phyllodermium, Pilicoronicutis, Pilisolicutis, Plantaginopsis, Platycoila, Pleiacron, Proteophyllum, Proteopsis, Protorchis, Pseudoplicapollis, Qingganninginfructus, Retimonocolpites, Rhamnophyllum, Rhoedales, Rhoophyllum, Riboidoxylon, Rohlfsia, Ronzocarpon, Rosenkrantzia, Rosids, Rottia, Sabulia, Sahnipushpam, Salicinoxylon, Salicites, Santalacites, Sassendorfites, Saxonicutis, Schafhautlia, Semioculopollis, Sendelia, Sezannia, Silicophyllum, Sjogrenia, Staphidoides, Statzia, Staubia, Stephanoxylon, Suevioxylon, Symphorocarpophyllum, Ternstroemioxylon, Tetracolpites, Tetrapollis, Tetraporopollenites, Thuringicutis, Triphyllum, Triplicarpus, Trudopollis, Tubericutis, Virgaticutis, Wessexia, Woburnia, Xulinosprionites, Yubaria
Subtaxa: Plicapollis arcii Plicapollis incisa Plicapollis serta Plicapollis usitatus
Type: Plicapollis serta
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene of Azerbaijan (1 collection)
• Eocene of Colombia (1)
• Cretaceous of Romania (2), Spain (1), Sweden (1), United States (50: Missouri, New Jersey, South Carolina)
Total: 56 collections including 155 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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